Free Online University?

A while ago, maybe a year, I saw a story on the news about a boy who had completed a degree online. I was wondering if anyone knows how.

I was just having a conversation with a friend when they mentioned the open university. After coming back home, I remembered hearing about a young boy, about 14, who had completed a masters in something computery (I have no clue what sort of thing it was, I'm less technologically able than my grandma).

From memory, the course was free, which also makes sense, as it would likely be quite difficult for a 14 year old to take out a student loan, and based off of the footage on the news story it didn't look like his family had lots of money to spend on such a thing.

Does anybody happen to know what site/resource he used to get his degree from, or if there are others that match the criteria of free and online?

PS. I'm planning on taking an online degree myself, as now is probably the last chance I'll get before GCSEs and A levels with their coursework and revision.

Submitted October 24, 2019 at 10:12AM by RuralWiggy https://ift.tt/31I1l2p